Peacock Butterfly Aglais (prev. Inachis) io

Peacock butterfly face
Peacock butterfly face
The eye patterns on the wings of the Peacock Butterfly, to deter predators, resemble the "eyes" in peacock tail feathers, giving the brightly-coloured butterfly its common name.
Peacock butterfly
Peacock butterfly
The beautiful Peacock Butterfly is native to most of temperate Eurasia from western Europe through to Japan.
Peacock butterfly Blue eyes
Peacock butterfly tongue Tongue
Peacock Butterfly Wingspan is 50-55mm.
Peacock butterfly
Peacock butterfly wing eye
Peacock butterfly
Peacock butterfly
Peacock butterfly
Peacock butterfly eyes
Just so photogenic.
Peacock Butterfly face
Peacock butterfly side closed
With closed wings, the Peacock Butterfly is dark brown to black and well-camouflaged, especially when hibernating through winter as an adult.
Peacock butterfly closed
Peacock butterfly side